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MHG42591 - Breacrie

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NC85SE 26.04 8976 5105 (Site no. was 26)

NC 896 511 Brawchry.
W Roy 1747-55.

Brawchry (modern spelling Breacrie) is a small, depopulated hamlet on the E bank of the Halladale River. It comprises about eight building foundations, the largest of which is 30m by 3.5m, and associated kale yards and enclosures. One of the buildings incorporates a corn-drying kiln. The hamlet is bounded by a wall on the E side. Traces of run-rig are clearly visible on the haugh land beside the river. {Some of the features noted here may relate to NC85SE 26.01.}
Visited by OS (JB) 10 June 1977.

Centred NC 8976 5105 is a farmstead consisting of five rectangular or subrectangular buildings, ranging from 7m by 4m to 22m by 6m, with a corn-drying kiln and a sub-circular stock enclosure 12m in diameter.
R J Mercer 1980.

NC85SE 26.00 897 510 Township

NC85SE 26.00 Centred on 897 510

A township, comprising eleven unroofed buildings and three enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheet xxix). It is shown as nine unroofed buildings and three enclosures on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).

26.01 8976 5105 Buildings
26.02 897 512 Stone clearance heaps
26.03 8972 5060 Enclosure
26.04 8982 5127 Buildings

Information from RCAHMS (FO) 22 August 1995.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 8976 5105 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC85SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	FARR

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